ingratiate
/ɪnˈgreɪʃɪeɪt/verb
ingratiate oneself
- bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them讨好, 巴结, 迎合：
a sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy.
她谄媚讨好地方权贵的企图。
派生词
ingratiation
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin in gratiam 'into favour', on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare.